"I want to sponsor some rituals of our Punjabi tradition. So, a part of the amount will go there. We will decide what to do with the rest of it later," added the 37-year-old.

She hails from Chandigarh, but Sawhney has been staying in Mumbai since a few years now. Married to a small-time actor who has done some side roles in Hindi films, Sawhney has two daughters.

"We have rented a place in Mumbai and have been staying here since a few years," she said.

In the last season of KBC, Bihar-based Sushil Kumar had won the mega-prize of Rs.5 crore.

Addressing the press, host Amitabh Bachchan added, " Sunmeet is the first woman to win RS 5 Crore on the show. Being a housewife, she is well aware of things and is well educated and played very well." (With inputs from IANS and CNN-IBN)